"Your Royal Highness the Regent, based on our previous contacts, the Hesses are willing to side with us, and the Grand Duke of Sunigo has signaled that if we can help the Hesses, then the Hesses can form an alliance with us!
In addition to this, the Dutch are also inclined to us and England, and as for France and Austria, our diplomats have not yet made a breakthrough, but it is foreseeable that there are many countries dissatisfied with the Prussians, and if we can make these countries understand the situation, then there will certainly be many who will be willing to side with us!
Of course, this is only one aspect.
In order to deal with the so-called tariff unification of the Prussians, after urgent deliberations by the government, we thought that we should give some preferential tariff policies to our friends, and at the same time, in response to the Prussians, we thought that punitive tariffs should be immediately imposed on Prussian goods in our country!
” Fawkes's voice was not very loud, but it stopped in Augustus's ears, but it caused a trace of worry in his heart.
"Will the government's doing so provoke further action by the Prussians?
You must know that the relationship between our two countries has reached the freezing point, and if we are so-for-tat at this time, will it cause unnecessary trouble!
” In contrast to George III's often impulsive personality, Augustus was a little softer.
If George III had heard this report, it would have been estimated that the old king would have immediately clamored to teach Prussia a good lesson, but instead of Augustus.
He was apprehensive, and feared that this government policy would further irritate the Prussians.
Of course, Augustus's performance is also related to his experience.
Augustus once visited Prussia, and the strong militarism in Prussia made Augustus feel a little awe in his heart.
Moreover, in last year's war, the performance of the Prussian army was completely in stark contrast to the British ** team, which also made Augustus a little interesting to Prussia.
Hearing Augustus' slightly melancholy words, Fawkes felt a trace of dissatisfaction in his heart.
"Your Royal Highness, you should understand that the Kingdom of Great Britain is the most powerful country in the whole world, and no one can provoke the Kingdom of Great Britain without paying a price, not even the Prussians, who now dominate Europe!
We must let the Prussians taste the bitter fruits of their offense against Great Britain!
” At Fox's repeated requests.
Eventually, Augustus agreed to Fawkes' request.
Then, on March 26, the British government made an official announcement.
In response to the edict of the new Holy Roman Emperor, the British government imposed punitive tariffs on all Prussian goods destined for Britain, and Britain would grant preferential tariffs to countries other than Prussia.
The battle between Britain and Prussia over tariffs caused distress among the other states of the Holy Roman Empire.
As for the countries outside the Holy Roman Empire, they are secretly having fun.
After all, Britain and Prussia sanction each other.
However, among them, France, Sweden and other countries that are not on the border can enjoy preferential treatment on both sides.
Louis XVI sat in the palace and looked at Louis playing on the sofa with a smile on his face.
At that moment, an attendant hurried in and handed over a document to Louis XVI.
This document came from the southern regions of France and was the same urgent document that Napoleon sent from Toulouse.
The document contained only one thing, and that was that Napoleon had reported to Louis XVI on the results of his actions over the past few months, and that he wanted Louis XVI to sign the list of condemned prisoners at the end of the document.
Since the armistice between France and the Allied forces last year, Napoleon has led his army to the south of France to suppress the growing revolutionary forces there.
After several months of work, nearly 10,000 people were beheaded by Napoleon with the consent of Louis XVI.
More than 100,000 people were convicted and sent to various places for hard labor.
Napoleon's actions in the south of France brought his previously forgotten title of executioner back to France.
There was no shortage of people in the French hierarchy who sympathized with these revolutionaries, but Napoleon simply ignored those who came to intercede.
Napoleon's job was to arrest the revolutionaries he considered guilty, divide them into death or hard labor, and then send the death list to Paris, where Louis XVI agreed to carry out the execution.
It's been a process for months.
Napoleon's iron-blooded repression was not without opposition, at least in Montauban, more than 1,000 revolutionaries gathered to prepare an armed uprising, but they were completely annihilated and slaughtered by Napoleon, who came to hear the news, and the families of these revolutionaries were also punished with hard labor.
After this battle, those noisy revolutionaries did not even dare to stand out in the south for a while, but Napoleon would not let them go because they were hidden, and with the authorization of Louis XVI, Napoleon can be said to have set off a bloody storm in the south of France.
Fortunately, the effect was still there, at least the re-established government in the south of France began to carry out the orders from Paris without hesitation, and because the land and property obtained after the massacre of the revolutionaries were also distributed by Napoleon to the poor, so that for a while the south of France showed signs of rebirth.
Louis XVI, as usual, was about to sign his name on this thick list, when suddenly he saw a familiar name, one called Battisian.
This Batisian was the local civil magistrate of Toulouse, and the appearance of this name made Louis XVI very puzzled, because this Batisian was completely a royalist in Louis XVI, and this Batisian had behaved like this before.
Thinking of the rumors that had gradually arisen in the city of Paris some time ago, that Napoleon wanted to turn the south of France into his own independent kingdom by means of massacres, Louis XVI's heart began to feel some sympathy.
Louis XVI and Napoleon never had a relationship with each other.
Even the two had been hostile to each other before the coalition attack, and let's not forget that Napoleon had thought about standing on his own feet in the Austrian Netherlands.
Later, Louis XVI set up a murder game at the Palace of Versailles to take Napoleon's life.
It's just that the two had to reconcile because of the coalition forces later, and Louis XVI needed Napoleon to help him keep the foundation of the Bourbon dynasty, and Napoleon did not want his homeland to be captured by the coalition forces.
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But now that the coalition had faded, and Napoleon's actions had become more and more out of line, Louis XVI had to doubt Napoleon's intentions.
"Your Majesty.
MeSign from Toulouse!
” Another attendant came to Louis XVI and handed him a letter.
Hearing that it was from Toulouse again, a very bad feeling suddenly rose in Louis XVI's heart.
He tore the letter open and looked at it, and the more he looked at it, the darker his face became.
This secret letter is from the hand of Battisian, which Louis XVI has just seen on the list of executions presented by Napoleon.
Batisse reports serenely to Louis XVI.
Napoleon was secretly stockpiling weapons and supplies in Toulouse, and was conscripting them on a large scale.
Batisian felt that there was reason to suspect that Napoleon might have a bad intention, so he hoped that Louis XVI would make up his mind to eradicate Napoleon as soon as possible!
Louis XVI put together Napoleon's papers and Batisian's secret letters, his brow furrowed together. ..............................................
"Your Majesty, the British have decided to impose punitive tariffs on Prussia, and for countries other than the Holy Roman Empire, the British government has even decided to lower them.
This is all in response to the tariff unification decree that you issued earlier!
” Standing inside the Imperial Palace in Frankfurt, Fawkes said to William.
Wilhelm stayed in Frankfurt after his coronation.
After all, Frankfurt was better placed than Brandenburg to control the states of the Holy Roman Empire.
In this way, the Prussian government departments headed by Locks were also temporarily moved to Frankfurt, and they changed their signboards, that is, the central government of the Holy Roman Empire.
However, William has no plans to move the capital for the time being, after all, Prussia's rule in the Holy Roman Empire is not yet stable, and his control over a single state is still very weak.
"The British counterattack is a reasonable thing, after all, if the British are silent, it is not in line with the British style.
By the way, how did the other states react?
” "Your Majesty the Emperor, the Rhine countries have no objection to the edict of tariff unification, with the exception of Hesse and the northern Italian states, and Austria, though there is considerable criticism, has no firm objection.
It's just that the attitude of the states is somewhat conservative about the mark becoming the only legal tender in the empire, except for a dozen states that tend to be with us in Prussia, the rest of the states, including Austria, do not agree!
But if we are willing to give some benefits, then I think the attitude of these states can also be changed."
William, who was sitting at the top, kept tapping his fingers on the armrests of the chair after hearing Locks' report, and after a while, William said: "It just so happens that I am going to Rome during this time, and I will discuss the problems of the northern Italian states with them in detail on the way to Rome, and as for Hesse and Locks, the government must strictly monitor Hesse, and my uncle is not a fuel-efficient lamp!
I think I'm going to have to give it a good beating.
And the fact that the mark has become the only legal tender in the empire, you can hint to the states that this matter can be gradual and not in a hurry, I will give them a certain buffer time, but from next year, in the various states, the mark must be able to circulate!
” From the coronation of William in Frankfurt on March 10 to the present half a month, due to a series of delays, William did not leave for Rome to receive the blessing of the Pope.
William stood up as he spoke, then looked up at the huge emblem and flag of the Holy Roman Empire hanging from the wall.
The coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire is a double-headed eagle with a crown on its head, and the double-headed eagle is a totem inherited from the ancient Roman Empire, meaning that the empire is the legitimate successor of ancient Rome.
In the center of the banner is a crucifixion, which shows the sanctity of the empire and the implication that the Holy Roman Emperor is the protector of the Roman Catholic Church and Western Christendom as a whole.
On the wings of the double-headed eagle, the flags of the seven electoral states and the major German princes are painted, representing the universality and vast territory of the empire.
Although the flag of Prussia is also an eagle flag with a crown, compared with the imperial flag of William, even if William is unwilling to do so, he still has to admit that there is no doubt that the flag of the Holy Roman Empire carries far more things and values than the Prussian flag.
As was customary, the Emperor was to march to Rome immediately after his coronation in Frankfurt to receive the Pope's blessing, because only after receiving the Pope's coronation could the Holy Roman Emperor prefix be "Holy Roman Emperor!"
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And before that, William, who was crowned in Frankfurt, could only be called "King of the Roman people".
But this did not prevent William from issuing edicts to the states of the Holy Roman Empire, because the states of the Holy Roman Empire were all considered "Roman people" in a word, and William, the king of the Roman people, naturally had the right to issue edicts to the Roman people.
Of course, William still had to go through this anyway.
William's mention of Hesse was not a no-brainer, and Sunigo's contact with the British was no secret to William, which made William feel unusually angry with Sunigo.
You must know that William's uncle has been fighting against William since he became the king of Prussia, and even when the Prussian army attacked the Main River Valley, Hesse openly sent troops to join the then emperor ** crusade against Prussia.
If it weren't for Louise, William would have wanted to destroy Hesse right now.
Compared with Hesse, Prussia is undoubtedly a behemoth, although Hesse can be regarded as a soldier because of its mercenary tradition, but because of territorial and population restrictions, the entire Hesse is only a small army of more than 30,000.
William had always been obedient to his uncle, but after a few years, William found that his good intentions were useless, and Sunigo was still on the opposite side of Prussia, and now he was with the British.